Germany picks last contestant

About Cascada

Since the release of their first album almost ten years ago, Cascada look back on world-wide successes like Everytime We Touch, Miracle, Evacuate The Dancefloor, San Francisco, Summer Of Love or The Rhythm Of The Night.

Today the German broadcaster NDR has announced the last participant in the lineup for their national selection for Malmö. It's Mia Diekow who will take that place!

The show that will be held on the 14th of February, Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – Unser Song für Malmö, will have Mia Diekow as the twelfth and final act to take part in it.

She writes her own songs, she also designed and produced her videos. Her songs range from soul, blues, pop, electronica and jazz. She sings in German: "I love the German language because of its accuracy, its remarkably accurate and very direct words".

Now the line-up for the German selection looks like this:

Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones

Betty Dittrich - Lalala

Blitzkids mvt. - Heart On The Line

Cascada - Glorious

Finn Martin - Change

LaBrassBanda - Nackert

Mobilée - Little Sister

Nica & Joe - Elevated

Die Priester feat. Mojca Erdmann - Ave Maris Stella

Saint Lu - Craving

Söhne Mannheims - One Love

Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied

The show includes several well-known stars as well as upcoming artists. You can read more about them in our previous article.

Further reading

Unser Song für Malmö was the title of the German national final this year, and now the German TV viewers have indeed found their Eurovision entry. In a spectacular show, presented by the host of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, Anke Engelke, Cascada was in the end chosen to be the German representative!

It's time for Unser Song für Malmö tonight! Don't forget to tune in to the German national selection for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in our WebTV Player, starting at 20:15 CET. Twelve well-known acts will compete, with a varied selection of songs and musical styles.

One week before the German national final Unser Song für Malmö, the online voting of the "young radio channels" of the German public broadcaster ARD has kicked off. You can now cast your vote online on the official radio voting page!

Today, the five jurors in the German national final Unser Song für Malmö have been announced: Peter Urban, Roman Lob, Mary Roos, Anna Loos, and Tim Bendzko. They will be responsible for one third of the total scores.